Bill-hook.



No. 795,579, PATENTED JULY 25, 1905.

w. H. GOOLEY.

BILL HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.19,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. OOOLEY, OF BR-OOKPORT, NEW-YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BASTIAN BROTHERS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BILL-HOOK.

To all whom it mmty concern.-

Be known that I, WILLIAM H. COOLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockport, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented an Improved Bill Hook, of which the followingis aspecification. The object of my present invention is the production of a bill-hook of the collapsible typethat is, in which the hook proper may be caused, when desired, to occupy the same plane, or nearly so, with the back or supporting piece for the hook so they may be packed in as small a space as possible to facilitate their being sent by mail in a small package.

With this object in view my invention consists in a hook having an engaging projection at the upper end thereof conformed, preferably, to lie in the plane of the main part of the hook, and the wire constituting the hook proper is arranged to slide vertically through a suitable guide formed in a plate secured to the rear side of the back piece while engaging the projection on the hook proper, and when in its operative position, is arranged to enter a suitable channel or slot holding such hook when thus engaging this channel against either vertical or rotary motion. The normal springing of all the parts serves to retain them in the operative relation and permits of the hook being forced upwardly and then turned so as to lie in nearly the same plane with the back or supporting piece thereof.

The several drawings illustrating my invention are as follows:

Figure 1 is a back view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of my bill-hook. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the center of the back piece. Fig. 4 is a back view of the lower end of the back piece, with the cooperating parts removed. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the back piece, taken along the dotted line 00 y in Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are back and edge views of the plate used to cooperate with the back piece for retaining the hook.

As seen in the drawings, the bill-hook consists, essentially, ofa back piece a, made of any suitable material, as cardboarchcelluloid, sheet metal, &c., having holes h therein as seen near the lower end of the back piece for receiving the eyelets 0, which are used to secure to such back piece the plate 6. This plate 6 has holes h formed therein to register with the holes h in the back a. This plate I) has formed along its vertical diameter a groove 1), which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 19, 1905. Serial No. 256,460.

has entered therein.

Patented July 25, 1905.

serves as a guide for the hook d, so that such hook when in its upper position is capable of longitudinal and rotary motion in such groove.

As seen in Figs. 4 and 5, a short groove 60 is so formed. as to be opposite the groove 6' in the plate 6 when this plate Z) is secured to the back piece a. The groove 0; is pressed outward toward the front of the bill-hook and serves to engage the projection d on the hook (i when such hook is drawn to its lowest or operative position and turned practically at right angles to the plane of the back piece. This projection d is formed practically in the plane of the hook proper and is so made as to fit the groove a, and thus prevent rotary or longitudinal movement of the hook in the groove 5 when such projection d and groove 0' are in engagement. It will be understood that there is suflicient spring between the back piece a and the plate I) to permit the projection 0? to be forced into the groove 61/ and to hold such projection in such groove after it An eyelet e is provided near the upper end of the back piece a to hang up the bill-hook, if desired.

In making the bill-hooks, back pieces a, which may have advertising matter on their front faces, if desired, are punched and have the grooves 24 formed therein, as above indicated. Then the hooks d and plates Z2,which have previously been formed, as indicated above, are secured to such back pieces by the eyelets 0, so that the hooks are capable of rotary and longitudinal motion and may be slid upward and folded against the face of the back piece, as indicated in Fig. 1, in which position the hooks may be stored or mailed to advantage, as the space occupied is a minimum. When it is desired to use one of the bill-hooks, the hook is turned practically at right angles to the plane of the back piece and pulled down until the projection cl and groove (0 engage each other, in which position the hook is securely held by the springing action of the back piece a and plate I). The bill-hook may then be hung up in any desired place and used to preserve any desired memoranda, as bills, orders, &c.

What I claim is- 1. In a bill-hook, in combination with the hook thereof, an engaging projection formed on such hook in the plane thereof, supporting guiding and locking mechanism for such hook comprising a guide-plate permitting rotary on such hook in the plane thereof, supporting guiding and locking mechanism for such hook comprising a guide-plate permitting rotary and longitudinal movement of such hook and" a separate locking-plate for engaging such pro ectlon on such hook and arranged to lock the same against vertical motion when draw-n down to itslowest position.

3. In a bill-hook, in combinationwith the hook thereof. an engaging projection formed on such hook in the plane thereof, supporting guiding and locking mechanism for such hook comprising a guide-plate permitting rotary and'longitudinal movement of such hook and a separate locking-plate for engaging such projection on such hook and arranged to lock the same against vertical and rotary motion when drawn down to its lowest position.

4. In a bill-hook, in combination with a movable hook, an engagingtprojection formed on such hook in the plane thereof, a plate forming a guide for such hook and a second plate secured to-such first plate and arranged to engage the projection on such book.

5. In a bill-hook, in combination with a movable hook, an engaging projection formed on such hook, a plate forming a guide for such hook and a second plate secured to such first plate and arranged to engage the projection on such hook.

6. In a bill hook, in combination: with a movable hook, an engaging projection formed on such hook in the plane thereof, a plate forming aguide forsuch hook and permitting longitudinal and rotary motion thereof andasecondplate secured to suchfirst plate and arranged. to engage the projection on such hook to prevent longitudinal and rotary motion ofthe same'and hold it in a'plane practically at'right' angles to the plane of-such plates.

WM; H. GOOLEY. Witnesses:

ALBERT C. BELL, GLARA M. SIENER. 

